First lady Michelle Obama joins school children from Long Beach Island Grade School in Ship Bottom, N.J., left, and second from left, and Union Beach Memorial School in Union Beach, NJ, right, to harvest the summer crop from the White House kitchen garden, Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

First Lady Michelle Obama

•January 8, 2013

Michelle Obama was born in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School. Mrs. Obama met husband Barack Obama at a Chicago law firm. The First Couple has two daughters, Sasha and Malia. (Whitehouse.gov)